Basic Summary for Rotavirus
Main name of condition: Rotavirus
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What is Rotavirus?
Brief description of Rotavirus: Diarrhea-causing virus in infants.
Parent types of Rotavirus: Viral diseases, Infectious Diarrhea, Viral gastroenteritis
How many people get Rotavirus?
Incidence (annual) of Rotavirus: 3 million cases in the USA each year.
Incidence Rate of Rotavirus: approx 1 in 90 or 1.10% or 3 million people in USA [about data]
Prevalance of Rotavirus: In the United States alone, rotavirus causes more than 3 million cases of childhood diarrhea each year1
Who gets Rotavirus?
Patient Profile for Rotavirus: Infants. Usually under 3.
Profile for Rotavirus: Rotavirus infection is the most common cause of diarrhea in infants and young children under 5 years old.2 ... The highest rates of illness occur among infants and young children, and most children in the United States are infected by 2 years of age. Adults can also be infected, though disease tends to be mild. 3
How serious is Rotavirus?
Deaths for Rotavirus: 20 to 100 deaths in the USA (NIAID)
Complications of Rotavirus: see complications of Rotavirus
What causes Rotavirus?
Class of Condition for Rotavirus: viral
Risk factors for Rotavirus: see risk factors for Rotavirus
What are the symptoms of Rotavirus?
Incubation period for Rotavirus: The incubation period for rotavirus disease is approximately 2 days.3
Duration of Rotavirus: For persons with healthy immune systems, rotavirus gastroenteritis is a self-limited illness, lasting for only a few days.3
Seasonality of Rotavirus: rotavirus and astrovirus infections occur during the cooler months of the year (October to April)2
Symptoms of Rotavirus: see symptoms of Rotavirus
Can anyone else get Rotavirus?
Contagion of Rotavirus: oral-fecal route
More information: see contagiousness of Rotavirus
How is it treated?
Treatments for Rotavirus: see treatments for Rotavirus
Prevention of Rotavirus: see prevention of Rotavirus
Society issues for Rotavirus
Costs of Rotavirus: more than $1 billion in total costs to society including $264 million direct costs (CDC-OC)
Costs of Rotavirus: In the United States, rotavirus gastroenteritis is responsible for an estimated $264 million in direct medical costs and more than $1 billion in total costs to society. 4
Hospitalizations for Rotavirus: 55,000 to 100,000 hospitalizations in the USA (NIAID)
Footnotes:
1. excerpt from Stories of Discovery Rotavirus Vaccine Preventing Severe Diarrheal Disease in Infants: NIAID
2. excerpt from Viral Gastroenteritis: DVRD
3. excerpt from Rotavirus: DVRD
4. excerpt from Facts About Rotavirus and Rotavirus Vaccine: CDC-OC
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